I am very sad to say that RIM / /Blackberry is a sinking ship. I absolutely love their products, but they aren't keeping up with the iPhone. It kind of reminds me of the Pacquiao vs. De la Hoya fight. De la Hoya would take several blows and then throw a latent punch.

The company I work at has about 500 Blackberry users and most people are ready to move to an iPhone. It doesn't matter how secure the Blackberry is, how much better it works with Outlook . Exchange, or how much easier it is to support in a corporate environment. It's all about THE COOLNESS FACTOR and MULTIMEDIA.

The only thing keeping me on a Blackberry is Blackberry Messenger / Pin to Pin messenger and $20USD a month international Blackberry service. Other than that, what other reason would I have to stick with a Blackberry?

I am a strong advocate for Blackberry in my company and have a well respected opinion, but it's a hard sell when RIM / Blackberry doesn't offer anything that can compete with the iPhone.

RIM / Blackberry, I am sending out and SOS! Wake up and wake up quick, becuase I guarantee you that Apple is working on something like Blackberry messenger / pin to pin messaging and that will blow you out of the water.

The company I work at has about 500 Blackberry users and most people are ready to move to an iPhone. It doesn't matter how secure the Blackberry is, how much better it works with Outlook . Exchange, or how much easier it is to support in a corporate environment. It's all about THE COOLNESS FACTOR and MULTIMEDIA.

Do you think the CSO of a corporation really gives a rats a** what the users want? Security is much more important than some silly "coolness factor"

It doesn't matter how secure the Blackberry is, how much better it works with Outlook . Exchange, or how much easier it is to support in a corporate environment. It's all about THE COOLNESS FACTOR and MULTIMEDIA.

Really? Security doesn't matter? It's all about the coolness factor and multimedia? Hmm, interesting concept. The coolness factor and multimedia definitely make me more productive at work. They also make me feel better when I accidentally leave my wireless device in the back of a cab. Because the coolness factor and multimedia will prevent someone from picking it up and using it.

I am pretty sure that the coolness factor and multimedia play a very little role in making mobile enterprise decisions when compared to security.

Maybe in the consumer market, this would stand true, but your statement clearly states that this is the case for the corporate environment. I hate to disagree with you on this, actually, no I don't. You're simply wrong.

When it comes to corporate devices security will win hands down every time.

__________________The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.When you take things for granted, the things you are granted, get taken. Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until it starts to work.Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.[BES 5.0.3 / GroupWise 2012 HP2]

__________________The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.When you take things for granted, the things you are granted, get taken. Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until it starts to work.Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.[BES 5.0.3 / GroupWise 2012 HP2]

I see a lot of broken iphone screens why if I'm running a business do want something that doesn't have any durability and that you have to replace like the iphone all the time.I dropped my bb a bunch of times and it works

RIM is not trying to keep up with anyone. They develop the platform with business users in mind. Consumers have discovered how useful BlackBerrys are for every day use too, so RIM threw in some multimedia features. Really though, these multimedia features are almost an afterthought. BlackBerrys are purpose-driven. If multimedia is your primary focus, BlackBerrys are not for you.

And there's plenty of room for all the major manufacturers to have a "killer" product. This hype about an "iPhone killer" is stupid. Nobody is going to kill the iPhone except Apple, and nobody needs to kill the iPhone.